A Timely Review of 2019 Music

Well, now that 2019 is finally and definitively gone, we can remember it. Ben and Nigel, friends and the grumpiest music critics are back with a 2019 Best-of AND flailing attempt to remember a whole decade! Continue reading →

Post Nostalgia

I was listening to a new artist like I try to do, and it was fine but I kept thinking “it’s kind of like a flatter, less dynamic…M Ward.” Remember that guy? He’s probably best known as the guy from those Zooey Deschanel albums, or to Oberst-aficionadoes, the guy on that Monsters of Folk album … Continue reading →

Impressions of SXSW from Far Away, Getting Farther

A long time ago, I really liked music. Actually that’s still true today. I like music more than I like almost everything. Yesterday I told Julie (who is someone I probably like more than music) that if I had to choose between Andy Warhol’s work and the song “Roadrunner” by the Modern Lovers, I would … Continue reading →